Rule for rotary printing-machines.



e.. T. TRUNDLB, JR; BULB FOB ROTARY PRINTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.2, 1912.

Patented Sept. 1,1914.

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THE NORRI$ PETERS C0,, PHOTO-L THQ. WASHINGTON. I: C.

' having rails and overhanging edges which (molten GRAPH COMPANY, OF 0310, 4 CORPORATION OHIO. l

RULE ron no ms? PRINI ILiG-MAQHINESQ To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE T. TR UnnLm;

Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in thecountyq'of. Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rules for Rotary Printing-Machines, of whichth'e fol-' lowing is a fullfclear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. v

2 The object of this invention is to provide anefieotive column rule forshort type assembled iii a suitable holder.

More. particularly the invention relates to rules adapted for mounting on a member hold betfweenthem grooved type.

. The invention is especially 'well adapted foi use with Multigraphtype of the form shown in-Patent No. 836,026, and 'Inay'be;

, very conveniently employed'whensuch type are mounted on a drum" or segment rigidly -..carrying rails, like the structures shownin patentReissue No. 12,622 or No. 993,495,-for

example.

My column rule, briefly, comprises astrip; I preferably ofmetal adapted to extend across various rails and rest onthern and extend type high above them, the strip having 3 tongues which project into 'spaces'between' rails and are provided with means to effectively engage the type. To accomplish this,

the tongues are preferably bent laterally to 1 extend beneath a portion of the type, whereby therail is firmly held Jon the typeholder.

Someof the tongues are preferably bent'in one direct on and others in the otherdirection toengage beneath type 'oneither side of the] rail in different channels. Accordingly,

when the type arefheld against spreading longitudinally the rule is effectively locked in place. When the type have beveled feet, afterthe manner of Multigraph type, shown 3 ype i in Patent No.- 836,02 6, the bent ends of the rule tongues arepreferably 'atan angle cor-' responding to the bevel of the foot of the It will be seen thatsuch a rule as described may be put inplace' afterthe matter to'be printed has been assembled on the drum 1 or holder, it being" simply necessary to separate the lines slightly where the rule is to gogfthen' insert the rule, and then com- S pecification of I iettersila tent.

.Patented Sept; 1, 191,4.

Application filed' December 2,1912. ,SeriaI 0.734438.

press the lines against the rule and-block I i l The lIlVGIitlOhf lslllilstlated in the dra'wtheir ends by suitable fastening devices.

ings hereof and is hereinafter more fully described and theessential; characteristics i setzout in theclaims.

In the drawingsyFigiire 1 isasi'deeleva- 't on of'one of myrules adapted formount T. TRUNDLE, an, Q'FGLEVELANLD, onimhssmnon o mnmmmiia vttIIJrI- r ingion' a curved segment or drum; Fig. 2 is g a perspectlve view of a-portion ofisuch se'g ment or drumjhaving three'of my "column" rules mounted thereon with type between them; Figs. 3 andeareenlarged cross sections through my rule taken at adjacent tongues. and showingthe bent ends of the tongues in conjunction with type heldjf by therrails g. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing my rule with flat-bottomed type. i

the drawing, Arepresents the arcualbody portion ofiny rule, the radial dimension of whichis. considerably greater than the thickness of'the printing edge sothat my'rule- ,ma'y be'saidto stand 'on edge. Projecting lfrom the supporting-edge of the rule 'are radial tongues normal to the printing'sur-' ffaceof the rule, and, fo'ra distance, lying in the plane of the rule. The free end porltions .of these tongues are bent preferably firsti'n-rone direction as shownfat a and thenin the opposite direction. as shown at o The angle which these bends make' to 'the rest of thetonguesdepends on thestyle of type with which the rule is-to be used; in-Figs.1, 2 and .3 the angle is oblique be cause the type has abeveled foot, while"'in'- Fig. 2 the extension (1 is at'a right angle to coeperate withltypehaving aufiat bottom. 'Brepresents the body: ofia rotary drum or segment having parallel. rails bflwith overhanging. edges. f These-rails gimay conveniently beiof 'anaI-shapeIgincross section set intog'rooves in the body of thesegment' or drum: 7 The overhanging edges 6 of such Referring by lettersto'the'parts shown in rails leave grooves;b .in the-sides of the" rails betweenthe edges and flthe. holding body. \ETherailsywith suchbody constitute;

the'typeholder referred toifgp C indicatesthe type. Theseare shown as short members hayinggrooves-e in their 0 osite sides by which they are loosely he d h etween adj acent" rails; The nbeueraedges W-wof the rails-eeeu ywhe.greeves cfeth i type andthe feet of the type extend into the grooves 12 ofthe rails and the head portion of the'type overhang thetop of the rails, as will be well understood. The type arcjshown in Figs. 3 and 4 as having't ra nsversely beveled feet ,"and in Fig. 5 as having a fiat bottom 0 The matter to be arranged in columns is assembled on the holder in the usual man ner. Then it is separated a short'distance where the column rule is to goand the rule inserted at this place with the tongues pro-- j eating into the space between the rail heads Z2. Inthis position some of thebent endsa, of the tongues will extendbeneath the foot of the type in the-assembled matter. Then the adjacent portions of the type lines on the opposite side ofthe rule'are shoved up against the rule, thus coming over the other projecting tongues a In thismanner the rule is effectively held in place. To enable the rule to be easily installed in thedrum without unduly springing it, I -may make the tongues materially narrower than the openings between'the typeholding rails, or I may taper theedges of the tongues toward the center of the drum, as shown'in Fig. '1;

I If there is to be'a rule at the extreme edge of=-the typematter, this may be effectively held on the unprinting side by mounting. quads or spaces against it and blocking them by suitable line lock clips, as, forexample, the clip shown at D in Fig. .2 and made in accordance with Patent No. 1,031,4 l7. s 7

It will be seen that my column rule" is very cheap and simple inconstruction; is easily put in place and removed when de-" sired, and, when in place, effectively prints' the column line. i

The rules maybe made in various lengths for various columns, or in. comparatively long lengths fromwhich sections are cut off to suit the matter being printed.

It may be noted that, for claims on the I broad idea of a column, rule having inwardly projecting tongues of various forms, reference should be made to my copending application No. 845,756, filed June ,18, 1914 and to the copending applications of Harry 0. Gramineter, No.f78 (),l59, filed July 21st,

1913 and of Samuel Ai Neidich, No; 760,228, filed April 1Oth,= 1913andNo.T7 6,531, filed June 30th,.1913all offlsaid applications being .assigned to my assignee, The Aineri canMultigraph Company. The present ap plication is concerned primarily with the feature of holding the column rule against movement by having portions of the rule extending beneath-portions of the adjacent type.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaimis: V i

. 1. A column ruleconsisting of a striphaving af tongue projecting fromthe support ing edgein a direction normal to the printing edge, the lower portion of said-tongue being bent at an angle to the plane of the strip; p p

2. A column rule consisting of anarcual 1 strip having radial tongues projecting from the concave edge, the inner portlons of said tonguesbein'g bent at an angle to the plane 3."A column rule consisting of a strip having tongues projectingdownwardly from the bottom edge, the tongues near their ends being bent, one toward one side out the StI'lP anchanother toward the opposite side of thestrip. 1 t

t. A column ruleconsisting of a strip, a

series of tongues projecting downwardly from the bottom edge of the strip, said tongues for a distance lying in the plane ofthe strip and then adjacent to their free ends being bent at an angle to the plane of the strip. I

5. A column rule conslstlng of an arcual strip, radial tongues projecting from theconcave edge of the strip, said tongues for a distance lying in the plane of the strip and then adjacent to their free ends being bent at an angle to the plane of the strip.

6. A column rule consisting of a strip,a series of tongues projecting from the-bottom edge ofthestrip, said tongues adjacent to. their free ends being bent at an angle to the plane of the strip, alternate bends being infthe opposite direction.

=7. The combination, with grooved type and a holder therefor having overhanging rails, of a column rule adapted to be mounted on the'face of such holder between type in lines, and means on the rule to engage beneath the type, whereby rentention is provided in addition to the frictionalgrasp of the type line for holding the rule in place.

8. The combination, with grooved type and'a holder therefor having overhangingq rails, of a column rule adapted to bemounted on the face of such holder between type in lines, and tongues extending from the strip and spacedto enter channels between rails, the inner portions of the tongues being bent at an angle tothe plane of thestrip.

9'. The, combination,with .a holder for; r

type consisting of parallel overhanging rails rigidly held together and type mounted be-v tween said rails grooved on its opposite sides 7 and having beveled feet, of a. column rule adapted to extend crosswiseof the rails and rest on the outer surface thereof, sald rule having tongues extending inward between adjacent type in lines, said tongue adjacentto thestrip being in the same plane as the strip, the inner portion of the tongue being;

bent at an oblique angle to such plane to lie closely against the beveled foot offiadjacent type. 1

10.;The combination, with -f a seg nentah holder for type consistingofi parallel overhanging rails rigidly held-equi-distant about an axis, and type mounted between said rails grooved on its oppositeside and having beveled feet, of a column rule adapted to extend crosswise of the railsand rest on the outer w surface thereof, said rule having tongues extending radially inward into-the channels between rails; said tongue adjacent to the strip being in the same plane asthe strlp,

holder comprising an arcual strip having inwardly projecting radial tongues, the inner portions of such tongues being bent at an angle to the plane of the rest of the tongues and of the strip.

18. The combination, with a holder for type consisting of parallel rails with -overhanging edges held in rigid relation to each other equi-distantly about an axis and type grooved on its opposite sides and mounted between adjacent rails, said type having transversely beveled feet, of a column" rule mounted on the face ofsuch rails and extending transversely thereof and consisting of a strip, the height of which corresponds to the'height of the head and character of the type, and radial tonguesextending inwardly from the concave edge of the strip,

said tongues lying in the plane of the strip for a. distance substantially equal to the depth of the rail head, the extreme portions of the tongues being bent at an oblique angle to the rest of the tongue and the body of the strip, said oblique angle beingsubstantially the angle of the beveled foot of the type, said bent portions of alternate tongues extending from opposite sides of thestrip;

14. A rule comprising a strip having a printing edge, and tongues projecting in a direction normal to the printing edge from intermediate portions of the. opposite edge tongues projecting radially from'the con-' thereof, the end portions of the tongues being bent at oblique angles to the plane of the strip.

15. A rule comprising an arcual strip,and

, cave edge thereof, the end portions of said tongues being bent at oblique angles to: the

plane of the strip.

16. A rule comprising an arcual strip, havlng tongues pro ectlng 1n a radial direction from the concave edge of thestrip, said 1,109,374 it i 1 Q8 "tongues having their edges-tapered toward points nearer than the center of the arcl,

17. A rule comprising an arcual strip, 4

having tongues projecting in a radial direction from the. concave edge of the str1p,sa1d tongues havlng their edges tapered toward points nearer than the center of the arc and having their end portions bent at anangle to theplane ofthe strip.

l8 -;As a new articleof manufacture, a column rule made v from a single piece of sheet metal and consisting of a strip having tongues projecting in the plane of the strip from the bottom edge thereof, the tongues being bent near their freeends at angles to such plane. j i

19. As anew article of manufacture, a column rule made from a single piece of sheet-metal and consisting. of a curved strip having radial tongues projecting in the plane of the strip from the concave edge thereof, the tongues being bent near their free ends at oblique angles to such plane. 20, A column rule adapted'to stand on edge and having tongues projecting from its supporting edge and adapted to stand between types in lines extending transversely of the rule, said tongues having flanges projecting from the plane of the rest of the tongues.

21. Acolumn rule consisting of a curved strip having tongues projecting from the concave edge normal to the active edge of the strip and tapered inwardly to make them more pointed than if their edges were ward from various lntermediate points of the supporting edge, the lower portions of said tongues extending at an angle to the plane of the strip. Y i

23. A column rule consisting of an arcual strip having radial tongues projecting from the concave edge,'the inner portions of said tongues being bent at an angle to the plane ofthe strip. I

24. In a duplicating'machine, the combination with'a rotary printing drum having a. plurality of undercut channels in its periphery, a type having flanges fitted in said channels; and, a rule strip having a printing surface curved in concentric relation with .said drum, held between said flanged type,

having lugs extending into said channels and provided at their inner ends with flanges ex tending beneath the feet of adjacent type in the channel. i i 1 j 25. In a duplicating machine, the combination, with a rotary printing drum having a plurality of undercut channelsv in its periphery, of type having flanges fitted in said channels, and a rule strip having a'printin surface curved in concentric relation wit said drum having means connecting it with 'Ih tfes ti mony whereof, I hereu t'o afiix szud type lndependently 0f szud dr'nu'n. signatiu'e 1n thepresence of twnwltnessesL 26.- Aeolumn rulec onsisting of a curved stnp hzwlng a tongue 'pro 'ectlng from the I v I TRUNDLD' 5 concave edge, a lower portion of the'tongue W1tnesses: K extending at an angle to the plane of the JUSTIN W. MAOKLIN, F portlon of the scrlp 'WhlCh carrle's lt. y w QHAs'.-P. H001 Copies of this patent ma y be ebtaihed for five' ee fics eaeh, hy addressing the Commissioner of Patc es,

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